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PACKAGE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,449, dated January 23, 1894. Application filed May 2, 1893. Serial Niv-472,708. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. ALBACH,

States, residingat Mansfield, in the county ofRichland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Oarriers, of which the following is a specification.

A common form of package-carrier for use in connection with store-service, is a basket hinged at one end to a hanger from a carrier, or from a rod supported by the carrier, and, at the other end carrying` a revoluble latch provided with a pendent handle by which it may be turned, to ,engage with a socket in a second hanger from the carrier or rod supported thereby. A spring coiled around the pintle of the hinge is expected to meet and ease the wrench or shock of the carrier when it is let fall by opening the latch; but in practice it has been found impracticable to so ap-` ply the hinge at this point as to be of any marked efficiency; and the latch handle being-necessarily rigid and depending below the carrier is apt to be in the way and to strike things beneath when the car is moving.

In the present invention it is proposed to connect the basket about midway of its length, by means of spiral springs, with the overhead car so that less leverage may come upon the springs and the action upon them may be spread and equalized through a greater space. It is further proposed to combine with these springs, positive stops limiting the fall of the basket; still further, these stops are made to telescope within the coils of the springs and are jointed by means of swivels with screwthreaded eye-blocks which fit into the ends of the springs and serve to adjust their tension. Finally, in place of mounting the latch and its handle upon the basket, a spring-catch is pivoted to'the forked hanger with which the end of the basket engages and a handle is iexibly connected with an arm from the catch so that a pull upon the handle will release the basket and a push upon the basket will cause it to engage with the latch.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of an apparatus embodying my invention, showing, in dotted lines, the position of the basket when open. Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof from the latch end; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail in section, of one of the springs, with the telescoping stop.

A represents a track-wire, and B, a carrier traveling thereon. This carrier is composed of a horizontal frame-bar, B', having at each end upstanding brackets, B2, with upper and lower track-wheels ZJ, h', journaled thereon, and hooks, b2, at the ends, to receive catches at the terminals of theline. Short hangers, B3, from these brackets have at their lower ends bearings, h3, for a rod, C, which receives between these bearings and about midway of its length a collaigc. Springs, C', are coiled around this rod on each side of the collar and seated against the bearing on the corresponding side to take the endwise thrust of the rod when it meets any obstacle in its jour'- ney with the car. From one end of the rod, O, depends a hanger, D, to which the basket, E, is hinged by a pivot-pin, e. F is a second hanger fixed to the other end of the rod and terminating at its lower end in liaring forks, f, to receive bet-Ween vthem a tongue, f', from the end of the basket. A` latch, G, is pivoted at g in `the body of the hanger, having a depending latch-arm, G', playing through a slot in one of the forks, the shoulder, g', thereon being so spaced as to engage with the under side of the tongue from the carrier `when the basket is closed and its tongue in the socket, f2, at the upper end of the guide-Way 0r recess between the forks. A spring f3, urges this latcli normally into engagement while a handle, H, swung from the heel-arm, h, of the latch, serves todisengageit and allow the basket to open or fall. When the basket is swung up the tongue is carried by the forks against the beveled or curved edge ofthe pendent latch-arm and pushes `the latter aside until it 'passes the shoulder, when the latch closes and secures the basket in its elevated position. Vhen it is'to be disengaged, a pull on the handle releases the latch and it will fall and it not stopped,

or it stopped too suddenly, will scatter its con,-

tents upon the floor and will violently wrench its hinge.. To prevent this I secure toears from a bracket, K, rising from the central collar of the sliding-bar, spiral springs, K',

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one or more, extending from said ears to the rim of the basket as shown. For the purpose of engaging these springs with the ears and the basket-rim, it is preferred to employ 5 cylindrical hook-blocks, L, of a diameter equal to the internal diameter of the coils and provided with peripheral screw-threads, l, which engage between the coils at the end of the spring. Hooks or eyes, Z', are attached to these blocks externally to the spring, and by turning the blocks before the hooks are engaged the effective length of the springs may be increased or diminished so as to alter the tension.

In order to provide a stop for the carrier in its fall which shall be unaffected by the adjustment of the spring, the inside face of each threaded hook-block has a swivel-socket, m, receiving the head of a rod or link, M, which, at its opposite end, has a bent eye,m, sliding over the shaft of a converse rod or link swiveled to the opposite hook-block so that the two rods will telescope upon each other and when drawn back to the extent permitted by their eyes, that is, until the eyes meet each other by the expansion of the spring, will serve as stops and positively prevent the farther descent of the basket. It will be noticed that the swivel connection of these rods with the screw-threaded blocks admits the tension of the spring to be controlled irrespective of the rods.

It is evident that, instead of the telescoping rods, a flexible swiveling connection may be made between the threaded blooksor screwheads inside of the coils of the spring by means of a small cord or chain; but as this is apt to be caught between the coils in their retraction it is not so desirable as the construction which I have indicated as the preferred form; it is evident, also, that the hookblocks may be provided with eyes instead of regular hooks, and I intend to embrace such within the term used.

I claiml. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the carrier, of the basket hingedl thereto by one end and latched thereto at theother end, and springs connecting the basket with said carrier about mid-way of the length 0f the basket.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the carrier, and the basket hinged thereto at one end and latched 5 thereto at the other, of springs connecting the length of the basket, and positive stops which limit the fall of the basket.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the carrier and the basket hinged thereto at one end and latched at the other, of springs connecting the basket to the carrier about midway of the length of the .basket and telescoping stops within the coils of the springs to limit the fall of the basket. v

4:. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the carrier, and with the basket hinged thereto at one end and latched at the other, of coiled springs connecting the basket, about midway of its length, with the carrier, screw headed eye-blocks tted into the ends of the springs and serving to connect them with the basket and carrier, and telescopic stops swiveled to these eyeblocks and embraced within the coil of the springs.

5. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the carrier and the basket pivoted thereto at one end, and havinga tongue at the other end, of the forked hanger at the latter en d of the carrier, the spring-catch hinged within the forks of said carrier and the handle fiexibly connected with said arm from 4said catch to open it with a downward pull.

6. The combination, substantially as here- Y inbefore set forth, with the coiled springs, of the threaded eye-blocks, and the rods, M, swiveled thereto, each having an eye, m', at its inner end embracing the converse rod.

7. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the carrier, B, the rod, (i, supported thereby, the springs, C', the bracket, K, the hinged basket and the springs, K', connecting the bracket with the basket about midway of the length of the latter.

8. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the carrier, B, the rod, C, the springs, C', the bracket, K, the basket, andthe telescoping rods, M, serving as positive stops.

9. The combination of the carrier, B, the hanger, D, the basket, E, hinged thereto, the forked hanger, F, the catch, G,engaging with the tongue, f from the basket, and having arm, h, and handle, H, suspended from said alm.

WILLIAM H. ALBACH. vWitnesses:

A. S. WELLS, M. E. SHIELDs.

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